All aspects of the company's day to day accounts in a very busy legal practice. Including all aspects of accounts receivables and payables, invoicing (c200pm), credit control and reconciliations. This role involves liaising with non financial internal fee earners and agents in 68 countries using 13 currencies.Management Information provision by way of monthly and year on year sales reports, rolling monthly P&L with variance analysis against previous 12 months, receivables balances and debtor days analysis and any ad-hoc requirements.Receipt and input of all UK and overseas supplier invoices. Liaison with suppliers regarding invoice queries, reconciling supplier accounts and ensuring timely payment. Dealing with suppliers in multiple currencies and managing exchange rate risk to eradicate losses.Reconciliation of sterling, Euro and US$ bank accounts as well as accounts held with official trade mark registries.Payroll and VAT completed in conjunction with external provider, along with depreciation, accruals and prepayments for year end trial balance. AchievementsFull review of accounts receivables system to identify historical erroneous outstanding and incorrectly coded items. Implementation of monthly system control check and standardised system for credit control leading to a reduction in receivables debtor days and improved cash position.Supplier reconciliations leading to the recovery of overpayments. Control account reconciliations revealing historical uncharged disbursements now invoiced to clients and paid. Client account reconciliations completed highlighting historical uncharged professional fees now charged and paid.Unqualified (clean) audit report for the last 2 years following full review and rectification of historical errors.Initiated and managed a project to move all outgoing invoicing to e-mail, reducing delivery time to client, debtor days and cost savings on stationery, printing and postage.

Completing Forecasts for 2010/2011 and on the committee investigating pricing for the new sports hall facility to be completed in February 2011.

Position managing a portfolio of 300 clients with a lending book of £3.5m and deposit book of £5.5m, producing an annual income of £400k. Used financial assessment and accounting skills to review full financial accounts, business plans and profit and loss and balance sheets forecasts, to assess risk and ensure the affordability of new loans and overdrafts up to £500k.Completed ongoing lending book risk reviews for facility renewals or where deteriorating credit profiles were seen, analysing trends and variances to financial forecasts and tightening of credit controls where necessary, reducing bad debt provisions and actual losses, whilst supporting viable businesses.Used strong verbal and written communication skills in a variety of situations from questioning techniques to gain relevant information, to influencing colleagues and senior management in discussions, or in written correspondence outlining complex proposals or business issues.Excellent customer service skills developed during many years of interactions with internal customers and a diverse client portfolio. Effectively used to build strong customer relationships from initial contact, to becoming the client’s preferred point of contact for their financial needs.Excellent attention to detail, maintained when working to tight deadlines, leading to increased customer satisfaction as all requests were completed “right first time”.Self motivated with the ability to learn and absorb information demonstrated by completing the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting by home study, and gaining an 83% average pass rate.During 2009, managed the training of the team and provided post launch support for the introduction of a new real time computer system and five other new supporting systems.Seen as a centre of expertise, assisting colleagues and senior managers to ensure the team’s ongoing product, procedural and regulatory knowledge, tests and training were kept up to date.